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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Fire officials confirmed Saturday a person did not die in a massive Miami fire which destroyed a home and church.

Officials told CBS4 one person had died in the fire on Friday but what units on scene thought to be a deceased person was not.

May 30, 2014: A fire at NW 14 Terrace destroyed a home and damaged a church. (Source: Gaby Fleischman, CBS4)

Fire crews began removing falling roof debris from the area where a victim was believed to be and discovered it was not a body, according to Miami Fire officials who added that items inside the room, mixed with collapsed debris making it look like a severely burned body.